Britain’s Give Me Sports reported on the 6th (Korea time) that “Dominic Solanke wants to join Tottenham.”

This summer, Tottenham wants to reinforce in various positions. Among them, the position that coach Enze Postecoglou is most desperate to recruit is the striker. Work to fill the void of Harry Kane, who left the team last summer, is essential. During the 2023-2024 season, Son Heung-min and Hisalisson worked hard as one-top players, but it was difficult to completely fill the void of top striker Kane.

Initially, various players such as Ivan Toney, Santiago Jimenez and Jonathan David were mentioned, but it was Solanke who Tottenham was paying attention to. Solanke led Bournemouth’s frontline attack by scoring 19 goals in the league last season alone. Solanke’s performance was so great that Son Heung-min also finished with a lower league scoring ranking than Solanke last season with 17 goals.

Give Me Sports said, “Tottenham is looking for a new striker, and Solanke has emerged as a target. Reporter Paul O’Keefe, who is reporting the news inside Tottenham, also said that Lee is eager to move to Tottenham. Postecoglou also wants to recruit Solanke, and he can add scoring and English Premier League experience to Tottenham.”

“Tottenham is reluctant to pay 65 million pounds (about 110 billion won), his buyout, even though it is interested in recruiting Solanke. The problem is that the Bournemouth club is currently in an advantageous position because his contract expires in the summer of 2027,” he said, explaining that Tottenham is agonizing over Bournemouth’s demand for a buyout payment.

Tottenham also has no choice but to consider investing a huge transfer fee apart from the reason why Solanke is needed. This is because there are not many successful cases of investing huge transfer fees recently. In 2019, he transferred to Tottenham with the highest transfer fee of 65 million pounds (about 110 billion won), and received tremendous expectations, but there was a case of Tanguy Ndombele, who never showed anything to meet expectations, and Hishalysong, who recorded a similarly high transfer fee, was less than expected.

Against this backdrop, Tottenham is also concerned about investing huge transfer fees to Solanke, who has already failed in big clubs Chelsea and Liverpool. Give Me Sports explained that Tottenham wants to recruit Solanke for a lower amount, saying, “Tottenham values Solanke at 50 million pounds (about 87 billion won).”안전놀이터

Meanwhile, considering Solanke’s strengths, he is expected to work with Son when he joins Tottenham. Solanke is a player who shows hexagonal capabilities in the front line, and has strengths not only in the physical but also in various areas such as holding and holding the ball, connection, penetration on the side, and participation in defense. With his speed and shooting ability, he can fully display destructive power in the front line with Son.

If Solanke joins the team, Son will also be able to form a new duo and play a strong role on the left. There were already many claims that Son Heung-min should return to the left side at the end of last season. British media said, “Enze Postecoglou should find a way to return Son’s form to the best. He also claimed that Hisalisson’s selection allows him to see Son’s movement to the left, which could be the key to finding Son as the best he can be.” Postecoglou also showed signs of agonizing over the strategy of deploying Son to the side again, including using Dejan Kulusevski as the front line during this summer’s pre-season.

Tottenham is focusing on recruiting a new striker to save Son Heung-min. Attention is also focusing on whether Solanke, who has been mentioned as a candidate, will really join Tottenham and work with Son Heung-min.